Yangon, myanmar (AP) -- an the has been training does not show weakness, but he sure, no soldier is strong enough to make this.
He clenched his jaw, stopped and tried to stop his chin quivered, his eyes don't blink. But he is like a mountain, is topple. His shoulders shake, and then inward collapsed, he seems to be suddenly little cowboy wrangler shirt, rolled up his arm, hang his thin arm loose. Big tears from his rise red eyes, he looks, ashamed.
He is sitting outside myanmar's biggest city suburb of a crowded clinic, he knew, his body is trying to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and diabetes - but he can't help hope he illness.
Although the sick enough to meet other poor countries HIV treatment, there is no enough pill in myanmar. Only the more serious the symptoms of the patient is lucky enough to go home with the help of medicine supply. Other people quickly learn to fight infection cells found in blood sample, they give every three months by quantity finally decided to their fate.
The world health organization recommends treatment begins, all this the most important CD4 cell count down to 350.
In myanmar, it must be less than 150.
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Antiretroviral therapy, and in the past is only applicable to the western AIDS patients think that is a miracle, is no longer scarce world, in many of the poorest areas. Pill is cheaper and more easy to access, HIV is not the same as the killer, once left hundreds of thousands of solitary son in Africa south of the Sahara.
But, Burma, otherwise Burma, is still a special case. By such a few years, in the dark keep their lives in seclusion the ruling military junta and the country's 60 million don't get the same international aid other nations that need. Collection of heavy economic sanctions countries, such as the United States, almost does not exist government health funds, leaving an empty drugs and service. Today, Burma in the world's most difficult places get AIDS care and health experts warned that it will take years to hold up a piece of health system teeter decades of neglect.
"Burma is like the work, I not in the 1990 s in Africa, this is 15 years, 20 years, in John Hopkins university AIDS experts have in myanmar for many years, doctor said:" Chris Beyrer. "If you really want to a cure for AIDS, you will say, and all the other condition of the people there were dead, unless there is a more resources.
It is estimated that 240000 people infected with the AIDS virus, half is not treated. 18000 people die from the disease each year, according to UNAIDS.
Problems are exacerbated, last year the global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria cancelled round due to the lack of internationally offer of money. The money is for the 46500 people are expected to provide anti-hiv drugs.
But Burma's reform amazing world, the United States and other countries are ease sanctions. The global fund recently urged Burmese apply for more aid, make up this deficiency, open the door with the virus that causes AIDS drugs have need to achieve more than 75%, to 2015 the end of the year. This will also fight tuberculosis, AIDS patients with a big killer. TB is in myanmar in the global rate more drug-resistant forms of disease surged nearly three times.
Aid groups medecins sans frontieres (doctors without borders has been trying to pick up the pieces to provide more than half of AIDS poison material distribution. But every day, in its 23 clinic doctors must make a difficult decision, turned to leave, because their CD4 cell count of the patients like the, who is seriously ill, but still does not comply with the medicine is too high.
"Do you see the kind of situation, it is very difficult," sleep more resistant to swallow, a young doctor with K - pop hairstyle, seemingly endless energy, who manage the organization's busy clinic everlasting cheng said. And he said, turn round to walk about 100 patients, should be on the drug's monthly only in Rangoon. "This need more resources, when they come back illness. This is a game in which both sides had."
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The first understand the virus lives in him on April. He threw down weight, sleep bad, but think this is his tuberculosis and diabetes.
When the test back HIV positive, he was shocked and fear: how? Why?
"I want to commit suicide, I found the result that come out," he said quietly, looking at the distant. "The most let me feel uneasy is my wife, she said, because we have children, I should not dead."
And consumption problem rushed over him, and then be flood erodes the fear and guilt, he is likely to be infected with their spouse. Then, the bigger question: what is the next step?
And many of life in a country closed world in the past half a century of military rule, the, staff sergeant, to the AIDS virus has some first-hand information.
He seen disease rot a soldier a pawn from inside to outside, with cruel death punish him. But he also saw another get treatment, leading a normal life, although military kick him.
As the two men locked in his head image, weng decided to play save his, and finally his family. No man, but his wife know, otherwise he will lose his job, their home military base, because the disease around deep fear and discrimination. Drug keep this secret is his only chance.
"If my medicine, I can stay longer life, I will become the country and my family will not be broken," he said. "My family is priceless."
And in Rangoon fill, area for better understand a notorious prison, the, who in the use of another name to protect their identity clinic, nervously waiting for his first blood test results.
CD4 cell count: 460. Low enough drugs in the United States, but far higher than in Burma's 150 deadline. Gave him TB take medicine, and told in three months back.
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Many of the HIV virus center outside of Rangoon two small building plug into the 200 people just waiting for death.
Dear opposition leader aung SAN suu kyi visit patients in November 2010, just a few days later be released under house arrest, attract the world more medicines. She also talked about enthusiasm in July of the international AIDS conference in Washington through video links the AIDS virus to shame, he said, "our people need to understand HIV really is what kind of, we need to know, we don't have to




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